New Books in Science

Robin Ince, "The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity" (Atlantic Books, 2021)

Nov 23, 2021
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
An Hundred and 12 Gigs in Three Months?
02:24 • 2min
3
How Did You Write This Book?
04:23 • 4min
4
What Pushed You Back to Science?
08:06 • 3min
5
Is There a Dogma in Science?
11:01 • 5min
6
Is Conscious Isis?
16:06 • 2min
7
What Makes You Go for Science More Than Philosophy?
18:11 • 4min
8
How Did You Begin to Collaborate With a Comedy Writer?
22:23 • 5min
9
Is That How You Approached This Book?
27:11 • 4min
10
Live Gigging
31:11 • 3min
11
The Only Rest You Get Is in Front of Two Thousand People
33:41 • 2min
12
Lenny Henry, Is That Too Paralysing?
36:06 • 5min
13
How to Deal With Scientific Topics?
41:10 • 6min
14
Being a Parent
46:56 • 4min
15
What's the Starting Point of Science Education?
51:25 • 2min
16
Is There a Thing of Beauty in a Hill?
53:35 • 4min
17
How Do You Argue With a Flat Earther?
57:48 • 2min
18
Is There a Book Like Infinite Monkey Cage?
01:00:04 • 3min
19
Are You Choosing Between Interpretations of QuantoMechanics?
01:03:31 • 2min
20
Is There a Difference Between Science and Comedy?
01:05:32 • 5min
21
Is Free Will an Illusion?
01:10:18 • 3min
22
Comady and the Absurdity
01:13:41 • 2min
23
'Sam Astrono' and 'Chris Hatfield'
01:15:37 • 3min
24
What's the Difference Between a Space Captain and a Psychologist?
01:18:34 • 3min
25
The Disparity Between the Richest and the Poorest
01:21:18 • 3min
26
The Voyager a Record
01:24:32 • 2min
27
The Drake Equation
01:26:25 • 2min
28
The Humanity of Chimpanzees
01:28:20 • 4min
29
Stop Arguing, It Don't Matter
01:32:26 • 2min
30
You Love Boltsman Brain
01:34:06 • 2min
31
The Last Den and Death
01:36:12 • 4min
32
Are You Optimistic About Science Education?
01:40:39 • 2min